Tuesday, October 13, 2015

11 Herbert Hoover Quotations On War, Engineering, Persistence And Other Topics

Here is a great selection of Herbert Hoover quotations on war, engineering, persistence, poverty, children and many other topics.

 Hoover was a professional mining engineer before he became the 31st President of the United States in 1929.

11 herbert hoover quotations on war, poverty, engineering and persistence

Unfortunately it was less than eight months after he took office, came the Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday.

Anyway, check out these great 11 quotes by Herbert Hoover.


Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

war, men, die, fight

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

good, dark, santa claus

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

valuable, children, natural, resource

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

sports, simplicity, fishing

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

freedom, sunlight, human spirit, dignity

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

time,

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

competition, progress, protection

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

men, peace, hearts

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

words, actions, idealism

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

wisdom, times, knowing

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. 

government, law, 

American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln John F. Kennedy Thomas Jefferson Ronald Reagan Theodore Roosevelt George Washington Barack Obama Franklin D. Roosevelt